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Elizabeth Warren, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, addressed a crowd of about a thousand people on November 13th in Boston. I was among them. In the middle of the indoor track/multi-purpose space at Roxbury Community College‘s Reggie Lewis Athletic Center, Warren and her team addressed the crowd, visibly pleased by the high turnout on the beautiful fall day.

The focus was clear: more honesty, transparency and equity in the nation’s economy. When Warren discussed her creation of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau she received a standing ovation from much of the crowd- and she’s right to toot her horn over that victory. Warren spoke of her history as part of an American family on the edge of the middle class, and the truthfulness of her story shone through the hardening campaign trail speak. She came down firmly on U.S.-based firms based that pay no taxes here. All of that was important – but it’s not the whole story.

We don’t live in an economy; we live in a society. One of my high school classmates used this phrase to chide Republicans for focusing so much on reducing costs of government, rather acknowledging the people who need the resources that some government funding can provide. Well, it’s not only Republicans who can focus too heavily on the dollar amounts of governance. Though the reasoning is different, Democrats who lean too heavily into fixing our illin’ nation with fiscal policies alone will fail as hard as Republicans who’ve done the same. Money is but one of many resources that shape how Americans live, structure families, work, enjoy, commute, eat, shag, travel, spend, and die. Policies – and politicians – need to understand the importance of well-rounded policies and presentation in addressing life-or-death issues.

Elizabeth Warren’s candidacy will have to find a balance between the personal, political and financial if it is to succeed, especially with once-hopeful, now disillusioned 18-30 voters. Warren is a remarkably strong candidate, and is already running a better race than that Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley threw down to fill Senator Ted Kennedy’s RIP-vacated seat in 2010. It’s not more substance that is needed, exactly – but rather, more facets.

I hope that going forward, Warren takes the credit she deserves for being a smart, relatable attorney who learned Washington’s system the hard way, and stood up to corporate interests dabbling in politics. But with two wars abroad, the failed war on drugs and the truly grim war on women at home, we need to know more than her stance on lobbyists in Congress. Rather than play to moderates through vague answers on tough social issues, I want to hear Warren proudly tout Massachusetts’ healthcare as an example for the rest of the nation. I want her to put forth her views on issues such as immigration, environmental protection, and women’s rights (no, it’s not just about choice – though that’s important, too.)

Seeing Elizabeth Warren in person made me excited to support a strong woman candidate. But if Democrats are serious about taking this Senate seat back from Scott Brown and the Republicans, Warren will need to strengthen her appeal by taking clear, brave, and necessary stances. And by providing the new solutions that the next generation is calling for.